2017 ice makers leak water (mine does this). https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/new-development-samsung-ic...

2022: fridge gets too warm: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-refrigerator-class-acti...

(That's more coincidence than brand loyalty, my Laden (French cheap brand) washing machine has also been working with no maintenance need for 13 years)

Since Xerox tried its hand in shady electronics and burnt badly, they can't make bad printers. Hence, their printers' reliability is at HP Laserjet 4L levels. I'm on my second Samsung printer, because I've worn the first one's rollers down, and this one will probably last another 7-8 years, at least.

Then god knows what I'm gonna buy.

The now surprising thing is there are no ads, and my AppleTV 4K(2nd gen) is more than good enough to watch everything I want to on it. Only QD-OLED and HDMI 2.1 and more expansive HDR are going to get me to upgrade at this point.

Dishwasher: POS, ‘nuf said.

Induction stove: cooktop has been excellent, oven convection gave up the ghost.

But dishwashers it was almost unanimous, Bosch is best.

I couldn't afford new ones, so I found good deals on second hand 500 series ones and they're both still going fine for myself and my rental suite (only a year and a half so far though).

Crazy quiet too, I suggest people opt for the one that shines a light on the floor cause otherwise you can't hear it running (or finish).

There's also a fancier model that projects a timer.

Note: I own a Bosch the internals are great but the plastic is too thin in parts especially the corners of the top of my stand-alone dishwasher model since they broke.

So garbage they still can't hire techs in LA. They pay you commission but only only on closed and profitable calls. They are almost never closed due to backorders of parts, especially boards, and especially now.

Samsung and LG are both the same garbage in different packages.

For TVs Id do your best to find a dumb one or use a monitor.

For applicances it depends but stay away from Maytag and Whirlpool and Kitchenaid. WP bought out maytag and now both are garbage. Speed Queen makes amazing washers and dryers, kitchen applicances I'd try and go with Subzero for refrigerators and freezers, and ranges don't really matter just stay away from induction heating and dual or cabinet-microwave ranges.

Just my $.02 after working on them and still being WP certified. IMO WP/Maytag and Amana are probably the worst. Samsung and LG not far behind, doubly so for their insane prices.

Costco even offers a 4 year warranty if you buy with their credit card.

The only good (read- meant to last) fridges are older ones.

Same for washers and dryers, can't tell you how many times someone would get a new set, sell or donate their old ones, and get pissed when one or both stop working and require extensive repairs within the first few months.

Costco, Home Depot, Lowes, Urners, we did the repairs for them all. Wish I'd taken pictures of the warehouse full of brand new units we had to diagnose and repair.

It's gotten so bad for instance maytag still has some units with 10 yr parts and labor (but it's only on select parts). Say I had a bad frontloader with a drum issue- boot warped, literally anything where I'd need to disassemble the case to get to the drum- they'd just send a whole new assembly. Still a bitch of a job, still quite a few hours, still an expensive part, and definitely would have been cheaper to replace the unit. Still we'd have to effect the repairs. Nothing makes any sense.

Edit to add- a few years ago now Frigidaire was merged with Electrolux. Shortly thereafter their 'website was hacked'. Their words. They have not, to this very day, gotten that back up and running. Need to look up a Frigidaire/Electrolux/Amana/whatever other names they use part number? Service issues? Good luck, you have to call them from on site and sit there for hours (super common with WP too).

Apparently no one had a backup. Or was able to put something new together within two years

This is how little these companies give a fuck about customers or the equipment they sell.

I always buy from Costco so that would have to be 16 years. I would rather invest the difference in cost and keep buying new every 4 years.

Refrigerators used to last 10-20 years for a fraction of the price.

I feel like the calculation is more like spend $1k to $2k for a machine with 80% probability of lasting 5+ years, and 50% chance of lasting 10+ years, or spend $5k+ for machines with a 95% chance of lasting 10 years. But the problem is the subzero does not come with a parts and labor warranty for 10 years, so might as well go with the former option, and replace it if it breaks.

And also, I am not running a mission critical operation at home where a broken fridge is going to drastically affect our lives (we have a 2nd in garage anyway), so why not take the gamble, and invest the extra money?

So much for the environmental impact of that production and shipping...

As mentioned below def use rinse aid, but I've also seen where people use too much rinse aid and it clogs the spray arms, etc.

You can google your model number and see the steps to enter diagnostics, as well as what the different codes mean.

You have to use specific pots and pans, regular ones will destroy your glass.

They are too expensive, and from what I understand pretty hard to cook with (I've not used them myself aside from testing and whatnot).

They simply aren't worth the added hassle, fragility, and added expenses. If it did something super awesome to offset those issues it wouldn't be so bad.

Maybe some knockoffs do, but basically the only way to crack the glass is to make something heavy like a pot fall from a serious height on it.

> You have to use specific pots and pans, regular ones will destroy your glass.

That's untrue, they just need to be metallic for the induction to work

> They are too expensive, and from what I understand pretty hard to cook with (I've not used them myself aside from testing and whatnot).

No? They aren't harder to cook than any other cooktop.

> They simply aren't worth the added hassle, fragility, and added expenses. If it did something super awesome to offset those issues it wouldn't be so bad.

They're the best electric option - fastest to warm and cool, and most efficient. Gas belongs in the past for most people ( air quality, pollution, risks ( like leaks, fires) and in general we should be moving away from all fossil fuels).

2- if you think 'metal' pots and pans is all they need... I don't even know how to reply to that.

3- I only have hearsay.

4- best electric option? Dude you are arguing with a repair tech about things from the consumer side. They are hands down the worst option and universally hated by techs.

You may prefer them and that's fine, but google can inform you on the myriad problems apparently better than I can.

'gas belongs in the past' lol ok, wait till your power goes out. Or do electric, but not induction. There's a reason sales for them fell off a cliff and stayed there.

But, more power to you, if you like induction that's fine.

Why? This is hands-down the best there is, not only from a control perspective but also safety and easy-to-clean too.

The washing machine says every load is unbalanced. Small load of only socks? Unbalanced. Large load of blankets? Unbalanced. Moderate load of normal clothes. Unbalanced. If that weren’t bad enough, it doesn’t know how to keep track of time. It has a countdown timer showing how much time is left on the wash. The dryer does, too. They count down at different speeds. They can both be at “10 minutes left” and 10 minutes later the washer still has like 3 minutes left. Well, actually 2 because, unlike the dryer, it stops counting down at 2 instead of 1 for some reason. Also, if you put clothes in it and choose only a spin cycle because they’re wet but not dirty (usually because you just washed them and the load was unbalanced and stopped in the middle), it adds water and rinses them again anyway. Note that this is despite having a separate “rinse and spin” cycle. Sometimes the washer just doesn’t turn on. I press the button and nothing happens. I have to unplug it and plug it back in.

While the dryer counts down properly, that’s about the only thing it does properly. If you set the drying temp, then change the amount of time to dry, it changes the temp back to high. Hope you didn’t have anything that will shrink in that load! It will also be crispy when you pull it out.

LG appliances are so comically bad I can’t even fathom how anyone could say anything good about them.

That is usually because modern laundry washing machines don't run on fixed-time schedules, they detect how much load they have and how much water is remaining in the clothing and adjust the cycle lengths for ecological reasons (when the clothes are already dry, no need to spin / dry them further). A fixed-time machine would never be able to hit energy efficiency requirements.

On the other hand, they're one of the biggest plastics producers in the world.

https://www.lg.com/levant_en/mobile-phones

No idea if it's good or bad.

I had one of their phones in 2013, LG G2. I found it was decent for the time and had no complaints.

This is one if the reasons why I have local backups (as well as off-site backups) on a RAID mirror containing drives from distinct manufacturers. I don't trust any of them not to pull this sort of crap, hopefully if I buy two from distinct sources they might not fail at the same time.